

What Time Will Lorenzo Musetti Play Against Alibek Kachmazov?
Musetti and Kachmazov are on the Day 6 Schedule at Chengdu Open 2024 on Monday 23 September 2024. Lets breakdown the career, past stats and recent form of these players and predict who will get the victory.
Who Will Win In This Head-To-Head?
Lorenzo Musetti (ITA) and Alibek Kachmazov will be facing each other for the first time. Musetti, 22 years old and currently ranked No. 19 in the world, achieved his career-high ranking of No. 15 in June. He broke into the top 20 in January 2023 and made headlines by defeating 19-year-old Alcaraz in the 2022 Hamburg final, becoming the youngest ATP Tour finalist since 2005. Musetti also had a notable performance at the 2023 Monte-Carlo event, where he achieved his first 6-0 6-0 victory at an ATP Masters 1000 event since 2016 and upset No. 1 Djokovic to reach the quarterfinals. In the 2024 Paris Olympics, Musetti upset defending champion Zverev and won the bronze medal, becoming the first Italian player in the Open Era to win an Olympic singles medal. He won his second ATP title at the 2022 Naples tournament, where he did not drop a set and defeated his countryman Berrettini in the final. Musetti also had success in junior tournaments, reaching the US Open boys’ singles final in 2018 and winning the Australian Open boys’ singles title in 2019. He made history in 2020 by defeating Wawrinka at the Rome tournament, becoming the first player born in 2002 to win an ATP Tour match. Musetti has a personal-best 35 wins this season and is aiming for his fifth ATP Tour final, with a 2-2 record in finals so far. He previously lost to Safiullin in the semifinals of the Chengdu tournament in 2023.
On the other hand, Alibek Kachmazov, also 22 years old, is currently ranked No. 252 in
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the world. He achieved his career-high ranking of No. 248 in April 2024. Kachmazov earned his first ATP Rankings point in 2019 and broke into the top 500 in December 2021. He continued his ascent, reaching the top 300 in June 2023. Kachmazov made his ATP Tour debut as a wildcard at the 2021 Moscow tournament and earned his first career ATP Tour win by defeating Moutet at the 2023 Astana event. He recently reached his first ATP Tour quarterfinal and semifinal at the 2024 Chengdu tournament, where he also achieved his biggest career win by defeating No. 28 Jarry. Kachmazov has a record of 34-47 in Challenger tournaments and has reached the semifinals at the 2024 Wuxi and 2024 Blois events. He also has a record of 91-48 on the ITF Tour, with 13 final appearances since 2019. In his junior career, Kachmazov reached a peak ranking of No. 33 and played in the main draw of the Grand Slam boys’ singles event at Roland Garros, winning three titles in total.
This will be Kachmazov’s first ATP Tour semifinal, and he will be looking for the biggest win of his career against a top 20 opponent. He has yet to drop a set in the tournament, including in the qualifying rounds, and has risen 73 spots in the PIF ATP Live Rankings to No. 179. Kachmazov could potentially become the second-lowest-ranked ATP Tour finalist this year, following No. 261 Nadal’s run in Bastad. In terms of qualifiers making it to an ATP Tour final in 2024, Kachmazov would be the seventh qualifier to achieve this feat.
My Conclusion / Prediction:
My pick is that Musetti will win.
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